It was only at a prodigious cost that the imposture could have been carried out upon so great a scale.
只有付出巨大的代价,才能进行如此大规模的诈骗。
英语百科
List of impostors
(重定向自Imposture)
An impostor (also spelled imposter) is a person who pretends to be somebody else, often through means of disguise, often to try to gain financial or social advantages through social engineering, but just as often for purposes of espionage or law enforcement.